Southeast Michigan Sightseeing Tours Sundays: June 24, Jul 22, Aug 19 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM Bus departure: Hometown History Tours Depot, 150 Maple, Wyandotte, MI Click here to book tour A Great Lake, a national park, an international wildlife refuge, a port, a former navy air base, a historic home belonging to America’s most … More Southeast Michigan Sightseeing Tour
Inside Lafayette Park, a multi-event design celebration, focuses on the area’s modern architecture by renowned architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe as well as the historic predominantly black neighborhood called Black Bottom due to the rich soil found there which preceded Lafayette Park. Inside Lafayette Park runs from April 14 through April 22 at Lafayette … More Insight into Detroit’s historic Black Bottom and Lafayette Park neighborhoods
David Ingall and Karin Risko, coauthors of the travel guide Glory, Valor & Sacrifice: Michigan Sites Significant to the Civil War, will be signing copies of their new release at the Book Nook in Monroe, Michigan on Saturday, March 31. The book signing will take place from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Following the book … More Civil War guide book signing in Monroe, Michigan on Saturday
United States Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan was the featured speaker at last Sunday’s Women History Celebration hosted by the Grosse Ile Women’s History Committee and the Downriver Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The afternoon event was held at Grosse Ile’s historic St. James Church. Senator Stabenow, Michigan’s first female United … More Hometown History Tours presents Civil War guidebook to Senator Stabenow
To most locals, the beautiful Detroit River, our region’s lifeblood, is taken for granted. I, personally, think it’s one of our most under appreciated assets, especially since it has played a huge role in the history and development of our entire region. It’s also a great recreational gem for sightseeing, watersports and fishing. The Friends … More Detroit Riverkeeper Dinner: Protecting our region’s greatest asset
Our new travel guide – Glory, Valor and Sacrifice: Michigan Sites Significant to the Civil War has arrived just in time for the spring and summer travel season. If you’re a retailer who’d like to carry our book, click on the following link to access wholesale information. Also, the authors are eager to help you … More GVS: Retail order form
On Sunday, March 11, 2012 the Monroe County Historical Museum will launch the special ongoing program One Book, One Community of Monroe County. Featured speakers at the inaugural event are Karin Risko and David Ingall, co-authors of Glory, Valor & Sacrifice: Michigan Sites Significant to the Civil War, a comprehensive Michigan history travel guide featuring … More March Civil War speakers at Monroe County Historical Museum
Governor Rick Snyder declared Thursday, January 26 as Michigan Statehood Day, in honor of our state’s 175th birthday. Read Governor Snyder’s full proclamation here. Michigan Mittens has organized a birthday celebration contest that features a prize package of goods provided by 12 Michigan-based businesses including Hometown History Tours. We’ve donated two tickets for any 2012 walking … More Michigan celebrates 175 years of statehood and you might win the present
Hometown History Tours will be announcing their exciting 2012 tour line up soon. Meanwhile, I’d like your opinion on online ticket surcharges. Would you prefer ticket surcharges (fees applied for using professional ticket processing services) be already included in the ticket price or is adding the fee to your purchase okay? Including the fees into … More Poll: Online ticket surcharges, how do you feel about them?
Thoroughly enjoying my latest read, Wicked Washtenaw County: Strange Tales of the Grisly and Unexplained by local author James Thomas Mann. Only half-way through this 120 page book, but I’ve already learned some interesting new historical tidbits. A) An Ann Arbor resident and convicted murderer who was sentenced to death by execution (1843) may have been … More Sordid criminal past is grave matter for U of M and other venerable US instutions
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